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(NoMod'el.) l l Ii'. -SGHLUETER- GAME TABLE. No. 290,860. Patented Dec.18.' 1883.

, L @a L u/'zleyf j x l zv'e/ajv ll'NifrEn STATES BATENT @mica FREDERICKSCHLUETER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

GAME-TABLl-L SPECIFICATIONVforming part of Letters Patent No. 290,360,dated December 1,8, 1883.

v Application filed September 5,1883. (No model.)

To m71 107mm, it 'lm/w concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SOHLUE rER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Game-Table, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of niy'inventionconsists in the construction of a tablesimilar to a billiard or bagatelle table, with a xed cushion in itscentral part and a number of pockets o'r holes in the face of the table,whereby by the use of a nurnber of balls and a billiard-cue a new gameis produced.

The accompanying drawing represents a top View of my improvedgame-table.

A represents the top of the table, made of any desirable size, andprovided with cushions C similar to a billiard-table. I prefer to makeme saine about three feet wide by seven feet l'our incheslong.

In the center of the table, near the upper end, acushion, B, is rmlyattached, constructed similar to the side cushions, C. This cushion B ismade circular. but the same may be made flat or straight on its upperside.

The holes or pockets ce a (of which there are nine, although theirnumber may be increased or diminished) are arranged as shown in thedrawing-namely, three above or behind the fixed cushion B and three oneach side. l The holes pass through the table, and if provided withpockets the same must be of sufficient size to receive two or moreballs, or the holes may connect with a suitable channel on the underside of the table through which the balls are carried to the front ofthe table.

The game is played with nine (more or less) v holes a3 and at, may bepushed by contact with balls, one of which must be colored.` The coloredball is spotted at m, between the three upperholes a, and if pushed intoanyone of 4o holes counts double the value marked on each hole. I havemarked these holes 3, Il, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19, and 30; but any othervaluation may be given. rlhe white or plain balls are placed upon a lineand between the spots a a or n a, and are driven by means of abilliardcue, so that they rst strike against the iiXed cushion B andthen into any one of the holes a. Any ball not going into a hole and notbelow the 5o another ball into any of the holes; but if any ball passesbelow the holes ai c4, the same must be removed. Any white ball goinginto a hole, after first having come in contact with the ixed cushionsB, counts Whatever value is marked upon that hole.

I do not claim a central cushion on a billiard-table, nor a number ofholes in the upper end ofa table similar, as in a bagatelle-table, bythemselves and independent o f each other; but

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,.is-

A table, A, provided with side cushions, C, in combination with a fixedcircular central cushion, B, and a series of holes, a a, arranged aroundthe sides and upper end of said cushion B, in the manner and for thepurpose substantially as set forth.

VFREDERICK SCHLUETER.

Vitnesses:

HENRY E. BAEDER, J. B. NoNEs.

